Jul 1

Cloud Native Part 1: What Is Cloud Native?

Suppose you tried to find a formal definition of “cloud native.” In that case, you end up in a rabbit hole that leads you to more questions or realizes that everyone uses a different meaning depending on the argumentation and context. So you came to the result, that everything is…

Cloud Native

3 min read

Jan 3

How to prepare for the Terraform Associate

This article would like to describe how I prepared for the HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate exam. Compared to other cloud exams, like AWS solution architect, this exam is much easier, with a smaller scope. …

Terraform

3 min read

Dec 7, 2021

Installing Ranger file manager on Mac OS

Try to install ranger with the command from the git repo documentation sudo pip install ranger-fm The following message pops up :( DEPRECATION: Python 2.7 reached the end of its life on January 1st, 2020. Please upgrade your Python as Python 2.7 is no longer maintained. pip 21.0 will drop…

Mac

2 min read

Installing Ranger file manager on Mac OS

Jun 18, 2021

Jira vs. Trello: Why we switched from Trello to Jira

Disclaimer: The following article isn’t a tool comparison. I am sure that each tool has its own use case, and for some teams, Trello works really well. But this is about why we switched… Background End of last year (2020), we started with a small team of technical and non-technical people…

Scrum

4 min read

Jira vs. Trello: Why we switched from Trello to Jira

Feb 27, 2021

30 Minuten Verlängerung für die AWS Zertifizierung beantragen

Die AWS Zertifizierungen zählen sicherlich zu den begehrtesten Zertifizierung im Cloud Bereich und die Vorbereitung und Trainings sind, je nach Wissensstand, recht zeitintensiv. Die Prüfungen selbst bestehen aus Multiple-Choice Fragen mit z.T. mehreren Antworten, die innerhalb 80 bis 180 Minuten, je nach Level, beantwortet werden müssen. …

AWS

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30 Minuten Verlängerung für die AWS Zertifizierung beantragen

Jan 22, 2021

Why technical writing?

In the following article, I would like to describe my thoughts on one of my top 10 goals for 2021: write more technical articles. …

Technical Writing

3 min read

Dec 10, 2020

Part 1: Introduction to Kubernetes

In the following article, I would like to introduce Kubernetes, aka something like a Kubernetes 101, for me to learn and for others to get a better understanding of K8n. Kubernetes is a portable, extensible, open-source platform for managing containerized workloads and services, that facilitates both declarative configuration and automation…

Docker

2 min read

Nov 24, 2020

Virtual Machine (VM) vs. Container

In this article, I would like to compare virtual machines (VMs) with containers and outline the main differences on a high level. Further sources are linked at the end of the article to dig deeper into this topic. Virtual machines (VMs) and containers are two of the main pillars of…

Virtual Machine

3 min read

Nov 17, 2020

How to deploy a Docker React application on AWS Fargate

This article is about the deployment of a simple react application on AWS Fargate. AWS Fargate runs containers without managing servers or clusters. AWS Fargate is a serverless compute engine for containers that works with both Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). Fargate makes it…

Docker

4 min read

Nov 7, 2020